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Post by The Doctor on Jul 19, 2023 21:35:35 GMT
I'll just get the ROTJ mini series off ebay then.
*screams*
It's silly money!!!!!
PHILLLLLLLLL!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 19, 2023 21:41:11 GMT
AAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!
NOT THE FULL RUN!
ROTJ SKIPPED!!!
BASTARDS!!!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2023 22:21:50 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2023 22:32:34 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2023 9:55:07 GMT
Lies! Lies and falsehoods! I was not warned!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2023 10:04:00 GMT
From this very thread I can see something that's not in there and inexplicably not in the Dark Horse volumes that I would expect to see in Epic Collection 4 or 5..... |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2023 10:49:38 GMT
And in which YEAR, hmmmm??? Who can remember every post??!!!
Copy of the Annual ordered so my reading must pause at #80 until it arrives.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2023 11:10:25 GMT
Glad that's sorted.
I also mentioned it when I first offered the books to you.
ROTJ's exclusion is most baffling and is right up there with leaving America out of the Dredd Case Files!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2023 11:11:31 GMT
Glad that's sorted. I also mentioned it when I first offered the books to you. Years ago!!!! I now wait by the letterbox. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2023 20:24:26 GMT
Buggered if I can find my copy of #108!
AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH.
How can Ralph read all of the Marvel run now??!!!
AAAARRRRGGGHHHH.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 24, 2023 20:20:56 GMT
On to Annual #3, which is my strongest and earliest memory of Marvel SW from when it was in ROTJ Weekly. The last page of the story made a lasting impression on me.
Quite enjoying Jo Duffy's scripts. Arguably gets a consistent tone for SW better than prior writers.
Now for #80 and then the ROTJ adaptation.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 25, 2023 20:11:26 GMT
On to Volume 7 and the end of the series. Jo Duffy's scripts are excellent. If only she had been the writer from the start.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 25, 2023 20:40:30 GMT
I prefer Micheline's post ESB run to Duffy's overall but her issues with Cynthia Martin in the run up to 100 are gold
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 25, 2023 20:57:16 GMT
I'm impressed with how fast you're reading these, Doc. If I could read that fast I'd be doing runs like that myself.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2023 7:26:03 GMT
Believe in yourself.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2023 12:15:25 GMT
*moves on to #98*
*screams*
Oh fuck no, Archie Goodwin is back.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 26, 2023 12:20:44 GMT
98 comics?! In ten days?!
WHAT.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 26, 2023 14:14:43 GMT
*moves on to #98* *screams* Oh fuck no, Archie Goodwin is back. -Ralph One issue www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=5772798 has the look of being an inventory issue. 99 too possible as Frenz hadn't drawn an issue for a while Every so often SW used something inventory. You wouldn't believe the story about 52 and 53's origins but you don't need to look too closely to spot the alterations 78 had also been in the drawer for a while. 83, 84 & 86 aren't be the regular team either and contribute to the title trying to find it's feet post Jedi |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2023 15:32:59 GMT
#107 read. Good last issue even if clearly frantically tying things up with the series being canned.
The comic fell into three phases (fill-ins and inventory issues aside).
1: Utter shite under Goodwin. Very dated for its time, utterly generic and limps from issue to issue without a clear series premise. Awful. Vance and Jaxxon are fun and memorable characters. Otherwise...no.
2: Solid title under Micheline. Starts to develop a continuity to the series and a level of quality that was not there before. Good comic.
3: Sheer joy under Duffy. Dense, clever and humorous scripts. Suddenly becomes a genuinely great comic. Loved it.
What happened to Duffy? She should have been a big comics star.
A rare series that gets better as it goes on.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 26, 2023 16:51:06 GMT
Bounced around Marvel and DC, I believe on staff for both - did some Catwoman stuff and was the writer when her solo book launched out of Knightfall with Jim Balent on art.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 26, 2023 18:16:32 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 26, 2023 18:49:21 GMT
Glad that's sorted. I also mentioned it when I first offered the books to you. ROTJ's exclusion is most baffling and is right up there with leaving America out of the Dredd Case Files! The subsequent Dark Horse Omnibus collection does have the RotJ mini series in, so they did at least correct that second time round. |
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Post by legios on Jul 26, 2023 21:46:11 GMT
Oh, dang. There was something on there that I'd completely forgotten she'd written that jumped right out of the list and blindsided me. Yeah, she was a really good writer who never quite got the profile she deserved I think. Karl |
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